This is an excellent thread. Well worth the read on how deceitful the media has been in handling the Mkia Bryant story https://twitter.com/drewholden360/status/1385354583904509952

If we’re honest, the issue isn’t a cop from a systemically racist police department. Rather it’s the systemic blind eye to the underlying root causes of a generation of youth who have grown up with constant violence, trauma & lack of a secure, loving home & quality education

@RLopez15thWard of Chicago articulately speaks to this in a recent interview. He’s been to too many of funerals of youth in his impoverished district

Adam Toledo, 13 was out in early AM, engaging in gang recruiting. Where were his parents? Was his school open? (No). Lopez is a Dem who acknowledges we must ask and deal with these tough ?’s. Otherwise we’ll continue to lose our youth to violence, drugs, etc

In MPLS, a black teen describes the trauma of living in a cemetery https://m.startribune.com/i-live-in-a-cemetery-called-north-minneapolis/600029485/

If you want to help make a difference, consider this organization, working systemically, to help families improve their lives in North Minneapolis https://northsideachievement.org/